Pants



April 1, 1952 D. L. MILLER ETAL PANTS 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Feb. 25, 1949 51mm A Mil/W Ap 1952 D. I... MILLER ETAL. 2,591,182

PANTS Filed Feb. 23, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Inventors Gram L. Mil/9r SM/7mm ,4. Miller Patented Apr. 1, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT Wyo., assignors of twenty-five'per cent to Sally Jourgen'sen and twenty-five per cent to John L. J ourgensen Application February 23, 1949; Serial No. 77,944

2 Claims. 1:

This invention relates to pants an'dlmore particularly to infants pants'for covering and'holding-a diaper.

Anobject of the invention is to provide an improved pants-ifor holding an infantsdiaper which will-be cheap and easy to manufacture, efiicient in use, easy to put on and take off and comfortable to wear, witha snug fit free of binding.

Stillanotlier object is to produce a pants for diapers which is so constructed that the diaper will be properly heldwithoutsaggingiand wadding. up,

A still further object is to produce diaper holding pants that will permit-ventilationand yet will not gap or bag at its edges adjacent the crotch so leakage could easily occur.

The exact nature df'the present inventiontas well as other objects andlfeatures'f thereof, will become apparent from the following description whenco'nsidered'in connection with theaccoi'nthat may be folded for use with the pants of Figure 2, as "generallyi'shown" in Figures 1 and 3. I Figure" 5' shows the" diaper" of" Figure 4 folded for use with the pants of Figured.

Figure Gs'hows' the" folded diaper ofFigure" 5 with its ends turned onto thebody portion'thereof, as practiced when saiddiaper' isassociated with the pants as'shown in Figures 1 and3.

Figure '7 isa plan view of' a special" readily disposable diaper that may be employed with thepants' of Figure 2 instead of an ordinary diaper:

Figure" 8 shows the disposable diaper of Figure 7' with? its ends turned" onto the body portion thereof'as practiced when" said" disposable diaper is" associated with the pants'of Figure2l v Referring in-detail' to the drawings; the nurner'al '5 indicates the pants and diaper holder, the same being in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid with parallel end: edges? 6 and?!" of unequal length and" nonparallel side" edges "8 and 9 of equal length. The pants or holderwhen made for an infant and tobe used as: a diaper cover is constructed of a piece of lightweight non-elastic Water-proof material [0-, such as; for example, that known as Koroseal.- The ends of the piece ofmaterial are'folded and stitched to form reinforced end edge portions H and I2, and the side edges of such piece of material being gathered as at l3, and reinforced by stitching bindings it of a similar material ther on. The pants are of such width at the wider end edge portion H thereof as to completely encircle the girth of the infant, that isthe'infant s body atjthe' waistline and have-its ends overlap in a criss -cross manner atthe'front of the" infants body; The intermediateportionof the-pants beingpassed forwardly at the crotch, the narrow end portion thereof beingjbro'ught upwardly at" the front of the infants body and the nari'ow'end edge portion [2 being detachably secured to the ends of the wider end" edge portion l l'byrn'eans of snap fasteners including two inalemembers |5= attached to each end of saided'ge portion l l a ndco-acting female members lBattached to the edge portion l2. This leaves the pants'open at" the sides" substantially from top to bottom to provide forventilation and ample leg room for comfort and freedom of movement. I

. Diaper retaining straps l1 and l 8 extend across theehds'of the pants at the inside'thereof ad;- J'a'cent and inwardly of" the end edge' portiqns I|and l2, the ends of said straps being stitched or otherwise attached" to the sides of 'thepants within the bindings l4, and theportions of'said straps between said bindings being unattached to the pants. In practice, adiap ei I9 is'l aid'on the inner" surface of the pants with its ends extended under and outwardly beyond the straps IT and I8; whereupon the ends 20 and" 2|"of the diaper are turned about said straps onto the body portion of the diaperso' that theflatter is effectively held in place when thepantsare placedand fastened on theinfant. p H As shown in Figu'resi to'6' inclusive, an" ordinary oblong diaper 22; may be used with the pants by centrally foldingsaid diaper along the transverse line 23; then folding thesuperimposedpor tiofls" 24'2 4; 25-25 along lilies 26-26 and il -=27; 7 onto the superimposed triangular tions" 248 28 so'as't'o produce a kite-'shapedpa'd as shown in Figure 5 L havingthe end 2'0iconiposed of I the superimposed portions 29 29 and uieopposite end 21 formed" b folding on the 11119 the ends at spaced points.

A readily disposable diaper 3| of the form shown in Figure '7 may be used with the pants instead of the ordinary diaper. Such diaper 31 may consist of laminated sheet of cellulose fibre or like soft material having a body portion 32 of the same shape as but slightly smaller than the pants, and flaps 33 and 34 on the ends of the body portion 32 adapted to be folded on the lines 35 and 36 as shown in Figure 8 over the straps l1 and [8.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that'the construction, manner of use and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art. Minor changes in details of construction are contemplated, such as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. It will be particularly noted that the pants are constructed in a very simple manner and thus the cost of manufacture will be low. In the infants pants shown and described in detail, the pants, outside of the diaper retaining straps, are made from a single. piece of material. This piece will be of regular shape and, therefore, there will be no wasted material during cutting. Because of the construction of the pants, they will be snug fitting around the leg and particularly on the inside portion of the leg or that portion adjacent the crotch.v This isimportant, particularly when the pants are constructed for covering diapers. It is also to be noted that the pants, although fitting snugly to the legs, will not bind. The legs of a person, when moved with respect to the body, mostly swin upwardly toward the front of thebody. In the pants, as constructed, the leg openings are so arranged that the upper parts thereof extend upwardly toward the'front of the pants instead of extending upwardly at the side of the pants. Consequently these upper parts of the openings will be in line with leg movement and there will be no binding. The leg opening arrangement results from having the overlapping of the ends of the piece of material at the front of the pants when the pants are being worn. Another feature of the pants which results in a snug fit is the securing of each of the overlapping parts of The overlapping results in snug fitting and the spaced securing points insure that the proper overlapping is retained so that the snug fitting will always be maintained. Also, with the gathering along the central part of each side edge binding l4, there will be developed sufiicient room for receiving the diaper. 7

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A diaper holder comprising a single sheet of flexible non-stretchable material having ,such length as to extend from the waistline at the back of an infant wearer through the crotch to the waistline at the front of the infant wearer, said sheet being of greater width at one end than at the other with both ends being constructed to be non-stretchable when the holder is being worn or not worn and the sides of said sheet being of equalv length, said sheet from the narrower end to the wider end having substantially straightside edges and gradually increasinvention, what is ing in width with no width intermediate the ends beingv lesstha the width at the narrower end,

top of the holder when it is being worn, said end of greatest width being of such linear dimension for the particular size of infant for which the holder is designed as to be substantially greater than one-half the girth of the infant at the waistline in order to extend onto the abdomen of the infant and said end of lesser width being of such linear dimension as to be less than onehalf the girth of the infant at the waistline but at least of such length as to overlap a substantial distance in criss-cross manner at both sides of that end of greatest Width when the pants are to be worn, said criss-crossing beginning on the top of the thigh of the wearer, and snap fastening means for detachably securing the two overlapping parts of the ends together within the length of the overlapping, said snap fastening securing means providing two spaced points of securement for each operlapping part with the cooperating snap elements being along the end marginal edges only and wholly within the substantially straight line extending along the side edges of th sheet forming the holder in order to thereby leave the side edges of equal length entirely free of securement in -between the ends of the sheet, each said free side edge notwithstanding the overlapping relation providing, when the holder is worn, a slit opening between the criss-crossing portions formin the overlap and extending from the top of the thigh of the infant upwardly and inwardly toward the front of the abdomen to a point inwardly of the infants hip bone, said spaced securing means also insuring that the ends of said edges will be held at the waistline at the front of the infant during any leg movement and that the side edges at the inside of the legs will remain snug against the leg but free of binding action. 7

2. An infants diaper holder comprising a single piece of waterproof material having a substantially isosceles trapezoid form with all edges straight and provided with reinforced parallel end edge portions of unequal length and reinforced non-parallel side edge'portions of equal length with the material being gathered to the reinforcement over the central part of the side edge portions, all said edges being non-stretchable when the holder is being worn or not worn, said piece of material being of such width atthe wide end edge portion thereof forming in a nonstretchable condition the back of the holder as to extend substantially more than half way around the infants body at the waistline-for the particular size, infant for which the holder is designed and of a width at the narrower front end portion substantially less than half the distance around the waistline of the infant butcapable of overlapping the sides of the wider end edge portion upon placing the intermediate portion of the piece of material at the crotch of the infant and the end edge portions at the back and front of the waistline, said overlapping being in criss-cross manner with greater extent of crisscrossing as such approaches the end edges at the waist line, and snap fasteners for detachably securing the narrow end edge portion outside of and to the wider end edge portion at the overlapping, said snap fasteners being within the distance of overlapping and'at the waistline and comprising av snap fastener element at the end e e adjacent each side of the narrow and wider end portions and snapfasteners at a point inwardly thereof and also adjacent the end edge only so that said holder will befree of any securement between the non-parallel side edge portions of equal length, each said free side edge notwithstanding the overlapping relation providing, when the holder is worn, a slit between the criss-crossing portions forming the overlap which is open from the top of the thigh of the infant upwardly and inwardly toward the front of the abdomen to a point inwardly of the hip bone, said holder construction and fastenin arrangement also insuring that the ends of the free edges will be held at the waistline at the front of the infant and that the side edges at the inside of the legs will remain snug against the legs and free of binding action, and diaper retaining straps at the inside of both the wider and narrower end edge portions and inwardly of the edges thereof.

DOROTHY L. MILLER.

STANTON A. MILLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,865,541 Reynolds July 5, 1932 2,425,617 Hazen Aug. 12, 1947 2,466,184 Riggs Apr. 5, 1949 10 2,513,618 Bellum July 4, 1950 2,516,331 Miles July 25, 1950 

